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Originally Posted by NeedKarma |
Ohhh you got me!!!
Not!!!
What do the polls you are citing have to do with the fact that Obama's popularity numbers and approval ratings are falling?
As for the WAPO push poll, did you notice this?
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Overall, given what you know about them, would you say you support or oppose the proposed changes to the health-care system being developed by Congress and the Obama Administration?
Support: 45% (26% strongly)
Oppose: 48% (36% strongly)
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That doesn't look like overwhelming support to me.
Or did you notice how this question was asked?
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Which of these would you prefer:
A plan that includes some form of government-sponsored health insurance for people who can't get affordable private insurance, but is approved without support from Republicans in Congress?
(51% overall approval)
Or
A plan that is approved with support from Republicans in Congress, but does not include any form of government-sponsored health insurance for people who can't get affordable private insurance?
(36% overall support)
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The problem with that question is that neither of these options tells the truth. The government-option is not going to be limited to only those who cannot get affordable health care. Therefore people were voting on something that has no basis in reality.
If the question were truthful and asked people whether they would support a government health plan that is open to EVERYONE for now and will eventually become the ONLY FORM OF HEALTHCARE provided in the USA, I wonder what the results would be.
Actually I don't... 80% of Americans would vote against it right off the bat.
The poll was a push poll specifically devised to have an outcome that is beneficial to the Dems. But it isn't reality-based.
So even in this poll, where Americans made it clear that they do not support Obama's and Congress' proposals for health care reform, the pollsters STILL couldn't be honest in their questions.
Elliot